Shortcuts ctrl+left and ctrl+right don't move cursor to expected positions

[grokky1]

• VSCode Version: 1.16.0
• OS Version: Win10 x64

1. I want to move cursor between words using ctrl+left and ctrl+right
2. In most editors, and in Visual Studio too, cursor would move to the left or right and position itself before the previous/next word's first character.
3. But in VSCode it does not work that way - it moves to first/last character of the same word.

Very frustrating as it's not the same as in VS or the 99% of IDEs and editors out there. Even here in GitHub it works that way, try it for yourself.

[alexdima]

To control this behaviour and get VS-style Ctrl+Right, please edit your keybindings.json and add:

{ "key":"ctrl+right",       "command":"cursorWordStartRight",       "when":"editorTextFocus" }
{ "key":"ctrl+shift+right", "command":"cursorWordStartRightSelect", "when":"editorTextFocus" }

This will overwrite the defaults:

{ "key":"ctrl+right",       "command":"cursorWordEndRight",       "when":"editorTextFocus" }
{ "key":"ctrl+shift+right", "command":"cursorWordEndRightSelect", "when":"editorTextFocus" }

You can also use a keymap extension like the Visual Studio keymap extension.

[grokky1]

@alexandrudima Awesome that works... thanks! 😄

For anyone else reading this, the same can be done for ctrl+left and ctrl+shift+left!

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1 issue down, 5000 to go... LOL! Thanks again 😆